Annals of the Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga CountyThe Association, 1928 - Cuyahoga County (Ohio) |
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... meeting will please come to order . We will next have the opening prayer by the Rev. Mr. Sharp . Rev. L. J. Sharp : Let us unite in prayer . Almighty God , infinite in Thy love , wisdom and power ; Thou who hast been our dwelling place ...
... meeting will please come to order . We will next have the opening prayer by the Rev. Mr. Sharp . Rev. L. J. Sharp : Let us unite in prayer . Almighty God , infinite in Thy love , wisdom and power ; Thou who hast been our dwelling place ...
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... meeting together as president of this Association on May 20th , 1880 , at the Presbyterian Church at Euclid and Brownell Streets . The Association had been organized before this and officers elected but this was the first public meeting ...
... meeting together as president of this Association on May 20th , 1880 , at the Presbyterian Church at Euclid and Brownell Streets . The Association had been organized before this and officers elected but this was the first public meeting ...
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Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County. " For many years the annual meetings were held on July 22nd , the date on ... meeting , referred to , a hymn , written for the occasion by Harvey Rice was sung . The first twɔ stanzas , which ...
Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County. " For many years the annual meetings were held on July 22nd , the date on ... meeting , referred to , a hymn , written for the occasion by Harvey Rice was sung . The first twɔ stanzas , which ...
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... meeting of this Association from the first annual meeting of May 20th , 1880 , to the present time , save one , and that at the close of this meeting I will say as did Colonel O. J. Hodge , ' I now bid you good - bye as an official but ...
... meeting of this Association from the first annual meeting of May 20th , 1880 , to the present time , save one , and that at the close of this meeting I will say as did Colonel O. J. Hodge , ' I now bid you good - bye as an official but ...
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... meeting today , that my antecedents might qualify me for membership in this Asso- ciation ; and when I came in at the door and met my good friend Tom McManus , your treasurer , and asked him how long I would have to live , and walk the ...
... meeting today , that my antecedents might qualify me for membership in this Asso- ciation ; and when I came in at the door and met my good friend Tom McManus , your treasurer , and asked him how long I would have to live , and walk the ...
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89th St 97th St Anna Applause Archwood Ave Avenue Battle of Lake Bay Village Birth born Breck Brecksville canal Carran Cedar Rd Chagrin Falls Chairman Charles Chas Cleve Clifton Blvd Corlett Cuyahoga County Cuyahoga River Detroit Ave Early Settlers Association Elyria Emma Erie Street Cemetery Euclid Ave Executive Committee father Frank Garfield Gates Mill George Gordon Park Hanna Harry Harvey Rice Henry honor J. J. Thomas James Jessie John H Judge Knight Lake Ave Lake Erie Lake Shore Blvd Lakewood Lorain Lorenzo Carter Mary Rice Hunt meeting Memorial Miss Moses Cleaveland Mother's maiden name Office Address Reserve Ohio Oswald Paternal Grandfather Perry Monument Perry's pioneers Post Office Address President Rice River Road Rockefeller Samuel Scarborough Rd Schaaf Rd Schorndorfer Secretary Shaker Hts things Thomas W. R. Coates Wade Park Walter West Western Name Western Reserve Wilcox William
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Page 26 - WHAT CONSTITUTES A STATE? WHAT constitutes a state ? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crowned ; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride, Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No, — men, high-minded men...
Page 26 - THE man of firm and righteous will, No rabble, clamorous for the wrong, No tyrant's brow, whose frown may kill, Can shake the strength that makes him strong...
Page 37 - ... when dumb animals rejoice? Then let us, one and all, be contented with our lot; The June is here this morning, and the sun is shining hot. Oh ! let us fill our harts up with the glory of the day, And banish ev'ry doubt and care and sorrow fur away! Whatever be our station, with Providence fer guide, Sich fine circumstances ort to make us satisfied; Fer the world is full of roses, and the roses full of dew, And the dew is full of heavenly love that drips fer me and you.
Page 9 - They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house : and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Page 23 - The name of one of my poor fellows who was killed ought to be registered in the book of fame, and remembered with reverence as long as bravery is considered a virtue. He was a black man, by the name of John Johnson. A twenty-four-pound shot struck him in the hip, and took away all the lower part of his body.
Page 37 - ... to-day, And the clouds of the wet spell is all cleared away, And the woods is all the greener, and the grass is greener still ; It may rain again to-morry, but I don't think it will. Some says the crops is ruined, and the corn's drownded out, And propha-sy the wheat will be a failure, without doubt ; But the kind Providence that has never failed us yet, Will be on hands onc't more...
Page 26 - As they coasted close along the shore, overhung by a dense green forest, mirrored in the waters over which they were passing, the mouth of the river disclosed itself, as a small opening, between low banks of sand. The man who controls the party, is seated in the stern, steering his own craft; which is gracefully headed into the stream. His complexion was so swarthy, his figure so square and stout, and his dress so rude; that the Indians supposed some of the blood of their race had crept into his...
Page 33 - I Thaddeus Kosciuszko. being just in my departure from America, do hereby declare and direct that, should I make no other testamentary disposition of my property in the United States, I hereby authorize my friend. Thomas Jefferson, to employ the whole thereof in purchasing negroes...
Page 33 - ... condition, in the duties of morality which may make them good neighbors, good fathers or moders, husbands or wives, and in their duties as citizens, teaching them to be defenders of their liberty and Country, and of the good order of society, and in whatsoever may make them happy and useful, and I make the said Thomas Jefferson my executor of this.
Page 23 - The other was also a black man, by the name of John Davis, and was struck in much the same way : he fell near me, and several times requested to be thrown overboard, saying he was only in the way of the others. While America has such sailors, she has little to fear from the tyrants of the ocean.